Pests, Diseases and Other Problems
  
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            Subject:  slugs and snails
			
  
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            | sparcmat | 
            
               Winston Salem, NC 
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               Raining a lot again and these guys seem to be multiplying.  What do you use?  Shouldn't Imadocloprid be taking care of these jerks? 
		
				
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               8/8/2013 10:20:52 AM 
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            | LB | 
            
               Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle 
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               We have them bad here too spar, imadocloprid doesn't seem to do anything here either, so I got some slug and snail bait. Didn't bother pumpkins at all and cut the population down. I still them sitting on the pumpkins every morning...they don't seem to be harming the pumpkins at all... 
		
				
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               8/8/2013 11:53:26 AM 
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            | Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings | 
            
               Menomonie, WI ([email protected]) 
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               ducks :) 
		
				
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               8/8/2013 1:03:14 PM 
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            | VTSteve | 
            
               South Hero, VT 
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               Put a pie pan in a shallow hole.  Fill pan with CHEAP beer. Cover pan with lean-to shelter.  Scoop out dead slugs in morning.
  PS:  I've read slugs like the expensive brews better than the cheap stuff , but I could never bring myself to waste the high test beer on the little munchkins-- they WILL nibble on your fruit. 
		
				
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               8/8/2013 8:14:44 PM 
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            | sparcmat | 
            
               Winston Salem, NC 
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               Lost my earliest set on the 1197 MacCoy to the dirty germs these nasty beasts carry... all remaining 'kins on this plant are open polls  
		
				
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               8/8/2013 9:37:44 PM 
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            | big moon | 
            
               Bethlehem CT 
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               I have really good luck with a product called sluggo.  It comes in a pelleted form which is easy to apply and is a certified organic product.  It is composed of Iron phosphite.  This product not only kills the slugs after they eat it, but it provides iron and phosphorous to the plant. 
		
				
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               8/9/2013 8:25:02 AM 
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            | VTSteve | 
            
               South Hero, VT 
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               Sluggo is great.  It's best to start using it as soon as pumpkin plants are put out, and then refreshed every couple of weeks.
 
  
		
				
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               8/9/2013 7:23:53 PM 
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            | sparcmat | 
            
               Winston Salem, NC 
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               I've seen the Sluggo before...might just have to venture out and find some tomorrow...thanks for the input folks 
		
				
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               8/9/2013 11:15:12 PM 
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            | LIpumpkin | 
            
               Long Island,New York 
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               I collect shells....send the snails to me ! 
		
				
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               8/12/2013 9:21:47 PM 
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